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    The surname Krey

    A surname, carried by 983 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K600

    Krey: #25,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Krey #25,202, 983 people Krey: #25,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Krey #25,202, 983 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krey is more common than 84.5% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from Krähe (“crow”). Also from a German borrowing of French crier (“to cry”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 983 people named Krey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 314,085 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 979.

    #25,202
    rank among US surnames
    983
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,037)

    Who is named Krey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Krey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krey

    Krey has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Krey come from?
    From the German surname, from Krähe (“crow”). Also from a German borrowing of French crier (“to cry”).
    How common is the surname Krey?
    983 people in the United States had the surname Krey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 314,085 Americans. It ranked 25,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Krey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krey getting more or less common?
    More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 983 in 2010, up 0.4%.